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Saturday, May 04, 2013  The Aqua Rama underwater mermaid show featured women dressed in fishtails performing in a 85,000 gallon pool with a large glass window.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks: Guideline pushes routine screens for most

Monday, November 12, 2012  The show goes on, minus condoms, as LA's porn industry contemplates future of 'safe sex' films

Monday, August 27, 2012  The fight for gay rights is playing out in city halls and town squares throughout the nation's heartland, from southwest Missouri to the Kansas plains to Nebraska college towns.

Monday, July 30, 2012  Although in two different cities, the two work together to create custom guitars

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  A pickup truck had caught on fire and was sitting in the middle of the road on May 26

Monday, January 30, 2012  Wins for 'The Help,' Jean Dujardin help make Screen Actors Guid Awards lively, unpredictable

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit for the unidentified 13-year-old boy.

Friday, September 30, 2011  US official: al-Awlaki believed killed in US drone, jet attack on his convoy in Yemen

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  Immigration agents arrested 17 people in Missouri as part of a nationwide crackdown on convicted criminal immigrants.

Friday, June 03, 2011  One man's success revives hope of curing AIDS, 30 years after first cases appeared in the US

Thursday, May 05, 2011  Pakistan warns the United States of "disastrous consequences" if it stages another raid

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Last year, an estimated 45 percent of Americans ages 18 to 64 reported they've had an HIV test at least once in their lives, up from 40 percent in 2006.

Monday, July 19, 2010  For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa.

Friday, May 14, 2010  A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious — abandoned cars, for example, or people hanging around garages, taking photographs or asking unusual questions.